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Lord, Won’t You Buy Me a Mercedes Benz: Synchroblog
When it comes to Money, I’m afraid that the Church in the West often finds herself parodied by an old Janis Joplin song. Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,So Lord, won’t you buy me a […]
Jenelle
November 15, 2007
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Gimme More Dodgeball
I think we all need a little more dodgeball in our lives. What a game! One of the newest highlights of my week is playing dodgeball and yelling, “Ohhhhh!” as I point (and gloat) that I’ve just gotten someone out. (I’m a little competitive.) Ok, so I’m playing dodgeball with middle schoolers. It shouldn’t massage […]
Jenelle
November 1, 2007
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Phone Photo Upload
[From last night at the Central library] The Art-walk took us all around town. My personal favorite was the trip to the Pasadena Conservatory where I learned how to do “body percussion.” Clapping, snapping, and hitting various flabby to muscular body parts creates different rhythmic melodies! Improvisational music retains many kind metaphors to the rhythm […]
Jenelle
October 13, 2007
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Ride Bike, Get Happy
I think that everyone should ditch their cars and ride bikes. We’d all be a happier bunch. And the Earth would be, too. I am having such a nice time riding from Altadena to Pasadena on the bike. I’ve been trekking up and down the hill for the last three days and feel like the […]
Jenelle
October 4, 2007
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Am I A Falcon, A Storm?
Two bags packed, one to go. Last night I had three teenage girls in my living room to help me “sort my clothes.” To allow a sixteen-year old the right to advise you on what you ought pack in your suitcase is both enlightening and frightening. To have three of them is to invite a […]
Jenelle
September 29, 2007
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Peace, Love, and Chapatis
Things I Like About Tanzania – part 11. The taste of hot fried dough with milky sweet chai in the morning. (I would like a t-shirt that reads, “Peace, love, and chapatis.”)2. Raw, rich beauty streaming from the smiling hospitality of impoverished African mamas.3. Seeing Byron come alive as he speaks Swahili.4. The adventure of […]
Jenelle
September 4, 2007
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Our Stories Are Currency
I’ve spent the last few days in upstate New York with family. My parents met in this town at age 17. The story goes that Dad fell in love when he first watched Mama walk out of Five Corners Pizzeria. But an amazing thing happened when they married: their two Italian families really became one. […]
Jenelle
August 3, 2007
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(This is) How Family Works
You might remember me mentioning the awful fire that destroyed the Simple Way community house, and how you could help Shane Claiborne and company rebuild. Do you know how some in the Family have just responded? They gave the Simple Way the keys to their building, and said, “It’s yours now, because you need it.” […]
Jenelle
July 18, 2007
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Riding the Sky to California
The nice people of Southwest Airlines dropped me off at LAX last night. And then the most wonderful Klein family picked me up from the aeroporto in their rad ’90 Volvo wagon. We rode around Angel town with the windows down and I lamented the loss of my old dark green ’90 Volvo 240. Its […]
Jenelle
July 15, 2007
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Evan Almighty Responses
I took the youth group to see the opening of Evan Almighty last night and laughed my little head off. It is a lovely film with simple truths about family, kindness, and God’s love for creation. Morgan Freeman made me cry happy tears at the very end, because he plays a really tender Daddy-God. I […]
Jenelle
June 23, 2007
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Fire at Simple Way House: Pray, Please
I just got word that this morning there was a 7-alarm fire at the Simple Way house in Philadelphia, home of Shane Claiborne. Shane recently penned The Irresistible Revolution, a book on his experiences of living in this new monastic community he helped to establish. Here’s what Billy from the Ashram just wrote about the […]
Jenelle
June 20, 2007
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Birdie Sings in Stereo
I haven’t been feeling so hot ever since we got off the plane from Florida. I really love traveling. But since I moved back to the USA from Europe, it seems I get sick each time I get off of a plane. (I keep telling myself it’s because this body is meant for Europe.) I’d […]
Jenelle
May 30, 2007